Truck cleaner, driver escape with biscuits worth Rs 8 lakh

BANGALORE: A truck driver and cleaner have escaped with a truckload of biscuits from Kengeri.
The cargo is worth over Rs 8 lakh.
In his complaint with the Kengeri police, truck owner Singrappa said he had been hired by a leading brand to deliver a truckload of biscuits to Hunsur in Mysore district. Driver Basavaraju and cleaner Ravi had left Bangalore in the truck two days ago.
However, they had not reached Hunsur, which is just 200 km away.
However, police said that Basavaraju returned a day later, and told them that he had not taken the truck at all. Since Ravi is missing, they suspect he made away with the load. They are investigating if Basavaraju is also involved in it.
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A Navy cadre, who had come down to attend his sister’s marriage was knocked down by a military truck on Thursday afternoon on Commissionerate Road. The deceased is B C Raghu, 25, son of KSRP constable Chandrashekharaiah. The incident took place at 12.30 pm, when Raghu had gone to the military canteen to fetch some things for the marriage. At the Commissionerate-Brunton Road junction, he was trying to take a right turn on his two-wheeler, when the truck knocked him down. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but he died on the way.
Raghu was trying to enter the KSRP quarters where his parents lived, when he was run over. Raghu had joined the Navy as a sepoy and was posted in Cochin.
He had taken a week’s leave for his sister’s marriage, which was to be held on Saturday.